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official in iraq. should be concerned. what we are seeing now is the spread that started in two countries. today, it moved to three or four more, including iraq, which is quite a ways from north africa. that spread is eerily reminiscent of what we all went through in the late 1970s. >> in iran? >> not just in iran, an ambassador killed in kabul followed by the embassy in islamabad being burned to the ground and the takeover in iran. these things have a way of spreading. they are a mark of the fact that the administration has basically conveyed weakness in this region. weakness always begets trouble. >> what should the administration in your opinion be doing? >> what it should be doing is what they are starting to do now. it took them a while to find their voice. the president in his first rose garden speak said nothing about the attack in egypt. there seems to still be confusion in the administration as to what exactly our relationship with egypt is. the key problem is that the people who are opposed to us are islamic extr
official in iraq. should be concerned. what we are seeing now is the spread that started in two countries. today, it moved to three or four more, including iraq, which is quite a ways from north africa. that spread is eerily reminiscent of what we all went through in the late 1970s. >> in iran? >> not just in iran, an ambassador killed in kabul followed by the embassy in islamabad being burned to the ground and the takeover in iran. these things have a way of spreading. they are a...
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afghanistan, pakistan, iraq and egypt. under president romney, how would that lineup change? >> he's not getting into line items here about which particular country would get money. he's talking specifically about the mechanics, the framework through which we give money and how it's implemented and what are the conditions in place. so, for instance, if we want the power of free enterprise to advance the developing world, we have got to work to remove the barriers that make free enterprise successful in the developing world. limits on free speech, limits on private property protections. limits on the rule of law. >> dictatorships that are corrupt? >> so we've got to work with international institutions and our own development agencies and the international community to put tougher conditions on these countries when money is dispersed. so i'll give you a real live example going on right now. egypt. right now there is a question. egypt is the second largest recipient of foreign aid, and there is a big transition in government, a muslim brotherhood president in place. should we b
afghanistan, pakistan, iraq and egypt. under president romney, how would that lineup change? >> he's not getting into line items here about which particular country would get money. he's talking specifically about the mechanics, the framework through which we give money and how it's implemented and what are the conditions in place. so, for instance, if we want the power of free enterprise to advance the developing world, we have got to work to remove the barriers that make free enterprise...
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it's something very different than what we see in afghanistan or iraq. you typically don't see the women that are this aggressive and hostile. even though the females had come out of this building and talked to us, they were still very combative and aggressive. and we saw that throughout the entire compound, even all the way up on the third floor. >> pelley: they secured the ground floor and then the second floor. the team continued to head up these stairs, single file. the first seal in line is called the "point man." owen, at this point, says he was right behind him, number two going up to the third floor. the seals had been told to expect one of osama bin laden's sons. >> guys start making their way up the stairs, and... it's quiet. it's pitch black in the house. no... no lights. all night vision. get to the second floor, intel had said, "hey, we think that khalid, his son, lives on the second floor. >> pelley: this is osama bin laden's son? >> owen: yeah. the guy in front of me, who's point man, he sees the head pop out and disappear really quick aro
it's something very different than what we see in afghanistan or iraq. you typically don't see the women that are this aggressive and hostile. even though the females had come out of this building and talked to us, they were still very combative and aggressive. and we saw that throughout the entire compound, even all the way up on the third floor. >> pelley: they secured the ground floor and then the second floor. the team continued to head up these stairs, single file. the first seal in...
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public appreciates that the president in targeting our foreign policy has been able to say we're out of iraq. we will be out of afghanistan but we managed to destroyed al-qaeda. that's where our foreign policy should be focused on. there is a sense that we succeeded in our objective and that's why the president is standing so well on foreign policy issues. >> it's a clear example where he had promise and he delivered on them. and mitt romney who did mention afghanistan in his nomination speech. they didn't really focus on in their convention or in the speechers or really in mitt romney's proposals or what he's saying about himself. again, it's a real important contrast. i agree with borris, there are not a lot of single-issue foreign policy voters but nonetheless it's a clear advantage for obama and a disadvantage for romney in terms of what he has been trying to say and the proposals he's being putting out there. >> eliot: i know you want to rebut that with the obama administration foreign policy but answer that, and then tell us how mitt romney foreign policy actually differ because i have
public appreciates that the president in targeting our foreign policy has been able to say we're out of iraq. we will be out of afghanistan but we managed to destroyed al-qaeda. that's where our foreign policy should be focused on. there is a sense that we succeeded in our objective and that's why the president is standing so well on foreign policy issues. >> it's a clear example where he had promise and he delivered on them. and mitt romney who did mention afghanistan in his nomination...
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it's also the ending of the war in iraq, and in effect how the war in afghanistan is no longer front page news the way it should be and the way it was in the past. certainly the main reason why terrorism has receded as a priority is basically because of the success the administration had against al qaeda. we see a threat far different than on 9/11, it's aa far different and weaker threat. most americans while they deal with some of the annoyance of tsa and other security measures put in place since 9/11, i don't think they feel the press of the threat the way they did a number of years ago. >> roger, i imagine there's not one thing you can name, but obviously people wonder. it is the improvement that is we've seen with tsa, some of the other counterterrorism measures in place and even the viewpoint of the cia, the fbi and counterterrorism agencies now working together? i guess the core of my question is, can you say why we have been so fortunate, so blessed, whatever term you choose to describe it for the attack like on 9/11? >> tamron, it's all of the above. the point everyone needs
it's also the ending of the war in iraq, and in effect how the war in afghanistan is no longer front page news the way it should be and the way it was in the past. certainly the main reason why terrorism has receded as a priority is basically because of the success the administration had against al qaeda. we see a threat far different than on 9/11, it's aa far different and weaker threat. most americans while they deal with some of the annoyance of tsa and other security measures put in place...
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but the grim statistics recently in afghanistan and iraq. it doesn't seem to me a good exit right now when i see the number of people or dying or i see what is happening there. do the american people want out so badly if we leave, even on grim terms that is good for the president? >> i think -- what i'm talking about he has kept his promises in that regard. look, these are complicated places. you have to ask yourself when you pull out of iraq and you see what is going on now, would it have a matter if we would have stayed for five more years? when you exit out and the chaos that happens between sunni and shea and the in-fighting that is going to happen, as they build a democracy, this isn't going to happen overnight. >> greta: if its matter of keeping promises, he said he closed gitmo. that never happened. second thing, past week there has been a narrative of this crazy, was it a videotape or terrorism and now seems to be terrorism? >> with gitmo, one of the strange things, he hasn't kept a promise the people he upset is the left. people lik
but the grim statistics recently in afghanistan and iraq. it doesn't seem to me a good exit right now when i see the number of people or dying or i see what is happening there. do the american people want out so badly if we leave, even on grim terms that is good for the president? >> i think -- what i'm talking about he has kept his promises in that regard. look, these are complicated places. you have to ask yourself when you pull out of iraq and you see what is going on now, would it...
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iraq had better intelligence than we did on the development of that nuclear program. i think our own intelligence hasn't been effective at identifying and predicting where other nations stand. >> how would president romney be different if he's agreeing with the president? >> the problem that the israelis have here, they auns america intelligence. number two, they don't believe this president. they don't take him at his word. the president says you know, i'm not going to allow him. then the chairman of the joints chief is saying, the worst thing that could happen could be a israeli strike. israelis would agree with mitt romney that he means what he says. >> i want to switch topics right now to a hardening of the state of the election. on friday, three swing state polls came back indicating in ohio, obama is up 7 points. virginia, obama is up 5 points. florida, obama is up 5 points. mitt romney is no longer in polling, beating obama on trust to handle the economy. >> which is his campaign in one sentence. those three states have one thing in common -- they have all thre
iraq had better intelligence than we did on the development of that nuclear program. i think our own intelligence hasn't been effective at identifying and predicting where other nations stand. >> how would president romney be different if he's agreeing with the president? >> the problem that the israelis have here, they auns america intelligence. number two, they don't believe this president. they don't take him at his word. the president says you know, i'm not going to allow him....
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so while the world's attention is being turned away from iraq al qaeda in iraq has been gaining strength, gaining momentum and it's been pouring across the syrian border. the exact opposite of what was happening when iraq, when the violence there was at its worse and people were going, you know, the violence is going the other way, now it's coming from syria into iraq again. and of course you know, many u.s. officials agree that what they rarely did in iraq was hand the country on a silver plate to iran. it's not just what the allies will do. it's the level of power and influence that iran yields in iraq today. that was a gift from the united states. >> al qaeda has mutated its change. the nature of the jihad, the holy war defined by osama bin laden has changed. his idea of the holy war was the battle against the far enemy, against the wednesday, against the united states. now jihad is mostly local like politicsment so you have al qaeda in nigeria, you have al qaeda in somalia, in syria, they are fightsing local causes. they've got sort of narrow local interests they are pushing, doing t
so while the world's attention is being turned away from iraq al qaeda in iraq has been gaining strength, gaining momentum and it's been pouring across the syrian border. the exact opposite of what was happening when iraq, when the violence there was at its worse and people were going, you know, the violence is going the other way, now it's coming from syria into iraq again. and of course you know, many u.s. officials agree that what they rarely did in iraq was hand the country on a silver...
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talked about the responsibility to the veterans and then you had a group of veterans from the wars of iraq and afghanistan and they were on the stage there, and why the build up and why did they make that point so strongly? >> well, no surprise here, because it was in response to what we saw in tampa. they wanted to make the point here that this administration, and this president and vice president are about the veterans and the troops serving overseas right now, and they wanted to hammer the point over and over again and you saw it all three nights, but especially last night the most important night of the convention, suzanne, and fits with other themes, and you saw the president and the vice president and others attacking mitt romney and others on foreign policies and saying that the two men are novices and saying that the war in afghanistan came up as well and there was criticism for mitt romney for not bringing up the acceptance in his speeches at tampa and he spoke about it in depth the day before, suzanne? >> well, i wanted to explain it to mitt romney, and i am told that we don't ha
talked about the responsibility to the veterans and then you had a group of veterans from the wars of iraq and afghanistan and they were on the stage there, and why the build up and why did they make that point so strongly? >> well, no surprise here, because it was in response to what we saw in tampa. they wanted to make the point here that this administration, and this president and vice president are about the veterans and the troops serving overseas right now, and they wanted to hammer...
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we know that we are no longer actively engaged in iraq. we know that osama bin laden is no longer plotting new terrorist attacks. there may be other people doing it, but osama bin laden is not alive and doing it. we know that the auto industry did not fall apart. we know that there are successes on his watch. so that you have to just take that piece and say, that's not -- that's not going to work. >> got to leave it there. i'm sorry to cut you off. got to leave it there. the president speaking live in norfolk, virginia. i want to listen in. let's listen in real quick. >> i had missouri going pretty deep, but i want you to know i've got no hard feelings. let's just say you owe me one. now, i know that whatever i say here today, it's going to be at best a distant second to the speech you will hear tonight from the star of the obama family, michelle obama. you know, this is just like a relay and you start off with the fastest person. so i'm going to be at home. i'm going to be watching it with our girls. and i am going to try not to let them
we know that we are no longer actively engaged in iraq. we know that osama bin laden is no longer plotting new terrorist attacks. there may be other people doing it, but osama bin laden is not alive and doing it. we know that the auto industry did not fall apart. we know that there are successes on his watch. so that you have to just take that piece and say, that's not -- that's not going to work. >> got to leave it there. i'm sorry to cut you off. got to leave it there. the president...
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governor romney said it was tragic that we entered the iraq war. one of the reasons that al qaeda strengthened during the last decade is our focus is too much in iraq. so we're happy to have this debate and will have it obviously. >> was this an intelligence failure? >> no, this was an event, a complex event. we're only talking a matter of weeks here. and so as information was arrived at, as determinations were made, that was shared with the american people and i think again the focus needs to be how do we make sure that our facilities and our ambassadors and our personnel is secure going forward and that's what the focus is on. >> the chairman of the homeland security committee has called for susan rice to resign, does the president have confidence in susan rice? >> absolutely. >> what about the broader point here, security is so bad in benghazi, that the fbi can't even go in and investigate. what about the fact that there are talk of military options to find ambassador steven's killers? what is america doing to work its will to change the traject
governor romney said it was tragic that we entered the iraq war. one of the reasons that al qaeda strengthened during the last decade is our focus is too much in iraq. so we're happy to have this debate and will have it obviously. >> was this an intelligence failure? >> no, this was an event, a complex event. we're only talking a matter of weeks here. and so as information was arrived at, as determinations were made, that was shared with the american people and i think again the...
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do you know how much has been spent during the afghan and iraq war? >> a considerable amount of money. but let me ask you this, mr. president. if nearly 3,000 iranians had been murdered in the way that americans were on 9/11 in tehran, how would you have reacted to the country that you believed had done that? >> translator: so you're saying that the country of afghanistan was at fault? was responsible? so you're seeing the responsible party as a whole nation? >> i think it is inarguable that al qaeda and osama bin laden's men, who worked for him, were training in afghanistan. so afghanistan was certainly knowingly harboring terrorists who were training to commit atrocities. >> translator: i believe that you can, under no circumstances, justify the condemnation and the attack upon a country in order to reach a single terrorist group, and i do believe that, no matter how long you and i or other people speak, this is unexplainable. allow me to ask you -- do you believe that the various administrations of the united states were successful in eradicating t
do you know how much has been spent during the afghan and iraq war? >> a considerable amount of money. but let me ask you this, mr. president. if nearly 3,000 iranians had been murdered in the way that americans were on 9/11 in tehran, how would you have reacted to the country that you believed had done that? >> translator: so you're saying that the country of afghanistan was at fault? was responsible? so you're seeing the responsible party as a whole nation? >> i think it is...
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troops are home from iraq. our movement has made the new south possible and prosperous for all. >> remember harvey gantt, mayor of this city, african-american. he ran against jesse, the other jesse. and they had a tv ad, a guy with white hands ripping up the pink slip saying you needed that job. >> yes. >> does that still go on? >> he paved the way for barack obama in 2008 and anthony fox in 2009. sometimes, we have to have a pioneer who helps people understand that we are not running these races to represent just one part of the society. we're running these races because we want to be judged by the concept and not by the color of our skin. >> boeing and airbus come to -- the civil rights movement. these jobs would have gone north. once the bearers came down, why has it benefitted the civil rights? it hurts when you see poor people who are -- medicare. and when carolina plays a big football game, because -- >> you know what's changed in democratic convention politics? >> it used to be the guy who gave the webes
troops are home from iraq. our movement has made the new south possible and prosperous for all. >> remember harvey gantt, mayor of this city, african-american. he ran against jesse, the other jesse. and they had a tv ad, a guy with white hands ripping up the pink slip saying you needed that job. >> yes. >> does that still go on? >> he paved the way for barack obama in 2008 and anthony fox in 2009. sometimes, we have to have a pioneer who helps people understand that we...
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he's getting us out of iraq, afghanistan, killed osama bin laden. i would go very commander in chief. mitt romney did not evoke the troops properly, afghanistan or iraq. in fact, we're at war. i'd also go ronald raeagan a little bit. talk about people who need help that are dying because they can't get a proper doctor to treat their liver or they don't have somebody to help them with their heart condition. >> as i understand it, you also said, and this is a quote, that he needs to be more african-american poll pit than professorial. >> he's got to show some emotion, particularly when you're following bill clinton. i was there in charlotte last night. it's electrifying, bill clinton. that's your warm-up act, boy, you better be good. you just don't want to do a kind of tell prompt eprompter, as if addressing the nation during a bp oil spill talking in a mundane way. you want to get your voice going. show some of the emotion. he does that on the campaign. i caught the president in ohio. when he gets into, if we had let general motors fail, toledo would
he's getting us out of iraq, afghanistan, killed osama bin laden. i would go very commander in chief. mitt romney did not evoke the troops properly, afghanistan or iraq. in fact, we're at war. i'd also go ronald raeagan a little bit. talk about people who need help that are dying because they can't get a proper doctor to treat their liver or they don't have somebody to help them with their heart condition. >> as i understand it, you also said, and this is a quote, that he needs to be more...
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he said it was tragic to leave iraq and then fine. mr. romney here's a little advice. before you debate president obama on foreign policy you better debate yourself. >> my opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy. but from all that we've seen and heard, they want to take us back to an era of blustering. you don't call russia our number one enemy not al qaeda but russia unless you're caught in a cold war era time warp. >>> general, great to see you. watching all of this i'm sure you were probably just as confused as a lot of people, there are donkeys behind these speakers and not elephants. the way so forcefully, some of the speakers came out especially the president, john kerry as well, talking about the democratic position on foreign policy, on afghanistan, on iraq, the death of osama bin laden. do you think it's taken the republicans and put them back on their heels to see democrats come out so strongly. >> it has. i think this is the real end of the post-vietnam alignment of the parties the. for that whole period of 30 or 40 years republicans could be
he said it was tragic to leave iraq and then fine. mr. romney here's a little advice. before you debate president obama on foreign policy you better debate yourself. >> my opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy. but from all that we've seen and heard, they want to take us back to an era of blustering. you don't call russia our number one enemy not al qaeda but russia unless you're caught in a cold war era time warp. >>> general, great to see you. watching all of...
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afghanistan and iraq, 38 times in the democratic platform. afghanistan and iraq, 11 times in the republican lat forplatfo. the word patriot four time this is the republican, zero in the democratic platform. but the references to the war -- >> a long ways from the bush administration. >> i was just going to say, there was always this theory that -- did the republican party hand national security for the long term back to the democrats? >> i don't know if it's for the long term. among military families, i think there is still strong support for republicans. they tend to be more center right nationally. but that is what kills osama bin laden will do for a democratic president and it's also what a republican president will do for the republican party. >> the last one here, if it doesn't tell you where the democratic party thinks it has to be now, the words word, together, coalition, democratic platform, 28 times. together 23. coalition 3 times. and the republican platform 6, 6 and 1. tells you the priorities of how they think they speak to their
afghanistan and iraq, 38 times in the democratic platform. afghanistan and iraq, 11 times in the republican lat forplatfo. the word patriot four time this is the republican, zero in the democratic platform. but the references to the war -- >> a long ways from the bush administration. >> i was just going to say, there was always this theory that -- did the republican party hand national security for the long term back to the democrats? >> i don't know if it's for the long term....
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there are patriots who oppose the war in iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in iraq. we are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the united states of america. >> wow. you know, governor, i'll call you bill, known you forever, i was with a crowd, african-american crowd in a tough neighborhood north philly before the election in 2008, it's a tough crowd, tough neighborhood. they needed a lot of things they aren't getting there, all right. a lot of poverty. the biggest applause line from candidate obama, i'm going to bring this country together. that's what people got teary eyed over. i hear it here, feel it here, it's still what the country wants. they don't want to be minorities against majorities, straight against black, they want a united country. can this president still do it? >> he can still do it. he's going to do it. what you're seeing now again is that coalition coming together. brian and i are from the west. the president virtually won most of the western states. he won new mexico, he won colorado, nevada, to
there are patriots who oppose the war in iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in iraq. we are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the united states of america. >> wow. you know, governor, i'll call you bill, known you forever, i was with a crowd, african-american crowd in a tough neighborhood north philly before the election in 2008, it's a tough crowd, tough neighborhood. they needed a lot of things they aren't getting...
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special representative for iraq is condemning the attacks. one of the bombs went off near the french consulate. >> these attacks happen at least once a month now. it's just a coordinated attack on various cities once a month. this is certainly not the worst attack this year. death tolls of more than 100 in one day. no one has claimed responsibility but even after the u.s. troops have left iraq is still fighting various groups including local wing of al qaeda and former member on the party. certainly a dark day for iraq but not the bloodiest we have seen this year. >> violence have been on the rise in iraq. 325 people were killed in july. >>> right now to sir i where there is no end to the deadly violence there. according to the opposition government forces are dropping barrel bombs filled in tnt, nails and fuel. at least 117 people have been killed across the country today. back in the u.s. senator john mccain is blasting president obama for not doing enough to help syrians. >> this administration has proudly said they lead from behind. the p
special representative for iraq is condemning the attacks. one of the bombs went off near the french consulate. >> these attacks happen at least once a month now. it's just a coordinated attack on various cities once a month. this is certainly not the worst attack this year. death tolls of more than 100 in one day. no one has claimed responsibility but even after the u.s. troops have left iraq is still fighting various groups including local wing of al qaeda and former member on the...
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. >> obama: four years ago i promised to end the war in iraq. we did. [applause] i promised to refocus on the terrorists who attacked on 9/11, and we have. in 2014, our longest war will be over. al-qaeda is on the bath to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. >> cenk: hard to argue with that. no turn to go mitt romney and paul paul's lack of experience of foreign policy, here is some good lines as well. >> obama: my opponent and his running mate are "new" to foreign policy. [applause] but from all that we've seen and heard they want to take us back to an era of blustering and blundering that cost america so dearly. you don't call russia our number one enemy--not al-qaeda-- al-qaeda--russia--unless you're still stuck in a cold war mind warp. >> cenk: towards the end of his speech, president obama had my favorite line of the night. >> obama: you're the reason a young immigrant grew up here, went to school here and pledge allegiance to our flag will not be deported from the only country she has ever called home. by selfless soldiers won't be kicked out of th
. >> obama: four years ago i promised to end the war in iraq. we did. [applause] i promised to refocus on the terrorists who attacked on 9/11, and we have. in 2014, our longest war will be over. al-qaeda is on the bath to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. >> cenk: hard to argue with that. no turn to go mitt romney and paul paul's lack of experience of foreign policy, here is some good lines as well. >> obama: my opponent and his running mate are "new" to foreign...
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protests in iran, iraq, bangladesh and morocco. and the u.s. is fear that this violence will continue to spread. we'll continue to monitor the situation throughout this hour. joining me with reaction, senator john mccain. i do know that you personally knew ambassador chris stevens. i am sorry about the loss, both for him, the country and his family and all the other families involved. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for saying that, sean. shawn smith and the other two americans, our hearts and prayers go out to them and their families. thank you. i want to say that chris stevens was one of the finest men that i have had the opportunity and honor of knowing. he came to benghazi on a cargo ship, lived in a hotel, risked his life, every single day. he loved the libya people and he loved america. >> sean: all right. so i am beyond outraged, angry, senator. our embassy is attacked, our flag ripped down, chanting, you know, that is going on in support of al qaeda, et cetera and the official position of the obama administration through their
protests in iran, iraq, bangladesh and morocco. and the u.s. is fear that this violence will continue to spread. we'll continue to monitor the situation throughout this hour. joining me with reaction, senator john mccain. i do know that you personally knew ambassador chris stevens. i am sorry about the loss, both for him, the country and his family and all the other families involved. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for saying that, sean. shawn smith and the other two americans,...
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the this is influenced in part by dissatisfaction with the iraq war. the afghanistan war has had more support. look at these numbers for the quinnipiac university survey, back from early summer, july. should not be involved in afghanistan anymore, 60% of the american people, 31% said the mission was was doing the right thing. six in ten americans say it's time to come home. a reflection of one of the reasons you don't hear either candidate talk about any possibility of extending the deployment. >> john, dan, jim, thank you. >>> a french court rules on the magazine that published topless photos of kate middleton. what happens now, and what the palace is saying about it, next. americans believe they should be in charge of their own future. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a leader in retirement planning. the heart of 10,000 advisors working wi
the this is influenced in part by dissatisfaction with the iraq war. the afghanistan war has had more support. look at these numbers for the quinnipiac university survey, back from early summer, july. should not be involved in afghanistan anymore, 60% of the american people, 31% said the mission was was doing the right thing. six in ten americans say it's time to come home. a reflection of one of the reasons you don't hear either candidate talk about any possibility of extending the deployment....
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>> first of all, it's very different from iraq. i personally never saw any intelligence that was at all persuasive on the nuclear issue. i wanted the inspectors to go there for a simple reason. when the first gulf war was over, we began an accounting of all of saddam's weapons of mass destruction, which mostly consisted of chemical warheads and chemical and biological agents. in 1998, when he kicked the inspectors out, there were two biological agents and two chemical agents, a substantial quantity unaccounted for. we bombed, the u.s. and uk. after 9/11, i thought it was important for the inspectors to go in, try to find out whether we had destroyed that or not. we later learned when he was deposed that it was destroyed in '98 and he didn't want anybody to know about it because he thought it would weaken him against iran but there was never, to me, any really credible nuclear intelligence. this is quite different. they don't even pretend that they're not -- they don't have centrifuges, that they can't enrich uranium, that they have
>> first of all, it's very different from iraq. i personally never saw any intelligence that was at all persuasive on the nuclear issue. i wanted the inspectors to go there for a simple reason. when the first gulf war was over, we began an accounting of all of saddam's weapons of mass destruction, which mostly consisted of chemical warheads and chemical and biological agents. in 1998, when he kicked the inspectors out, there were two biological agents and two chemical agents, a...
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ghatt he m to know the he realized the was no weapons of mass destruction in iraq. that was the whole reality we lived in, the disillusionment on the right, the confusion in the middle, the anger on the left. they didn't even experience that period of time? >> well, chris, to put a charitably, i think the republican party today is the nostalgia party. that was my sense oft having kind of marinated in their world viewown tam at e bl cnt they think of mpler world, a world where the verities they believe in still apply in simple terms. the fact is it's a complex world. if you just run against government, if the whole thing is i don't want government, i dot ev gnmt, th youren't going participate in the reality of economic life for one in america today. they're the nostalgia party. they would like to believe that the military was correct, that dick cheney was correct about weapons of mass destruction. they would prefer to believe in that -- >> but what evidenceo they have that we were right about iraq andmd hen' what i'm saying is they want to will themselves into believ
ghatt he m to know the he realized the was no weapons of mass destruction in iraq. that was the whole reality we lived in, the disillusionment on the right, the confusion in the middle, the anger on the left. they didn't even experience that period of time? >> well, chris, to put a charitably, i think the republican party today is the nostalgia party. that was my sense oft having kind of marinated in their world viewown tam at e bl cnt they think of mpler world, a world where the verities...